FOLIAGE FOREST, INC. v. E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS AND CO.

Nos. 97-5696 to 97-5700.

172 F.3d 1284 (1999)

FOLIAGE FOREST, INC., a Florida Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY, a Delaware Corporation d.b.a. Dupont, Crawford & Company, a Georgia Corporation, Defendants-Appellees. Country Joe's Nursery, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. E.I. Dupont De Nemours and Company, a Delaware Corporation d.b.a. Dupont, Crawford & Company, a Georgia Corporation, Defendants-Appellees. Castleton Gardens, Inc., a Florida Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. E.I. Dupont De Nemours and Company, a Delaware Corporation d.b.a. Dupont, Crawford & Company, Georgia Corporation, Defendants-Appellees. Palm Beach Greenery, Inc., a Florida Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. E.I. Dupont De Nemours and Company, a Delaware Corporation d.b.a. Dupont, Crawford & Company, a Georgia Corporation, Defendants-Appellees. Morningstar Nursery, Inc., a Florida Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. E.I. Dupont De Nemours and Company, a Delaware Corporation d.b.a. Dupont, Crawford & Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 19, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Koebel Russo, Kimberly Lynn Boldt, Russo, Wells & Associates, P.A., Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant in No. 97-5696.

Elizabeth Koebel Russo, Kimberly Lynn Boldt, Russo, Wells and Associates, P.A., Ana M. Rivero, Ferraro & Associates, P.A., Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant in Nos. 97-5697 and 97-5699.

Elizabeth Koebel Russo, Kimberly Lynn Boldt, Russo, Wells and Assoc., P.A., James L. Ferraro, Ana M. Rivero, Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant in No. 97-5698.

Elizabeth Koebel Russo, Kimberly Lynn Boldt, Russo, Wells and Assoc., P.A., Ana M. Rivero, Ferraro & Associates, P.A., Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant in No. 97-5700.

Paul Nettleton, Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, P.A., Miami, FL, A. Stephens Clay, William H. Boice, James F. Bogan, III, Kilpatrick, Stockton, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants-Appellees in Nos. 97-5696, 97-5697, 97-5699 and 97-5700.

Paul Nettleton, Lea Ann Souza-Rasile, Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, P.A., Miami, FL, A. Stephens Clay, William H. Boice, James F. Bogan, III, Kilpatrick, Stockton, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants-Appellees in No. 97-5698.

Before HATCHETT, Chief Judge, BARKETT, Circuit Judge, and RONEY, Senior Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM:

These consolidated cases present similar issues that a panel of this court confronted in Mazzoni Farms, Inc. v. E.I. Dupont De Nemours & Co., 166 F.3d 1162 (11th Cir.1999). The principal issue is whether a release in a settlement agreement bars a claim that appellee E.I. Dupont De Nemours (Dupont) fraudulently induced appellants to settle. As an initial matter, however, we must decide whether a choice-of-law...

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